Sperm Plug Pain?

[Mowgli1394]

Hello,

You are very welcome!
That's great his appetite seems to be holding steady right now. During the winter, if they aren't brumating,
they will often times become more sluggish. I guess you can't blame them with colder weather.
I'm glad you found some raw unpasteurized honey to use, I hope that it helps out. It takes some time to
clear up spots on their scales but keep trying!

Tracie

So I’ve got another update, and it’s not great news.. I’d been taking pics of the wound on Mowgli day by day to see progress. While treating it and alternating between the honey and terbinafine just in case it was yellow fungus. Each day it would look different, sometimes better, sometimes worse, sometimes more yellow, sometimes more grey. The photos I posted earlier seemed more grey at the time. I noticed the area started to spread a bit so I took him back to the vet. They confirmed it was yellow fungus and started him on oral terbinafine, and continue with the topical terbinafine.
Originally she recommended voriconazole, and I was worried that would be too harsh for him. She said it is pretty harsh, so we could try terbinafine first since it’s a bit safer but she said typically it works better on female beardies. So….. we’re gonna try it though and if there’s no improvement then we’ll have to switch to the other stuff.
I’m a bit worried about sanitizing everything and keeping it from spreading, but I won’t give up.
She recommended buying F10 veterinary disinfectant which also kills fungus, and is safer than diluted bleach. She said I could disinfect his logs with it.
Just sharing in case anyone else is going through this too. His tank has tons of decor in it so I have to figure out a new set up that’s easier to disinfect.

Also, I asked if the yellow fungus had anything to do with that sperm plug removal fiasco, or due to an injury. She said no, that he was most likely exposed to it as a baby from the breeder, and that it was dormant inside him until now. So.. I’m sure there’s truth to that, but I think that vet did injure him as well. So it’s just odd how this came together. Perhaps the injury triggered this in some way, or the skin was too soft and susceptible somehow. Or it was there all along and just became exposed when he removed the skin. I have no idea.
But anyways thanks everyone for your help and support, Will update as things go along. Hopefully I can keep him around and keep this yellow fungus at bay. I’m hopeful since it’s still a small patch.

 

[xp29]

So I’ve got another update, and it’s not great news.. I’d been taking pics of the wound on Mowgli day by day to see progress. While treating it and alternating between the honey and terbinafine just in case it was yellow fungus. Each day it would look different, sometimes better, sometimes worse, sometimes more yellow, sometimes more grey. The photos I posted earlier seemed more grey at the time. I noticed the area started to spread a bit so I took him back to the vet. They confirmed it was yellow fungus and started him on oral terbinafine, and continue with the topical terbinafine.
Originally she recommended voriconazole, and I was worried that would be too harsh for him. She said it is pretty harsh, so we could try terbinafine first since it’s a bit safer but she said typically it works better on female beardies. So….. we’re gonna try it though and if there’s no improvement then we’ll have to switch to the other stuff.
I’m a bit worried about sanitizing everything and keeping it from spreading, but I won’t give up.
She recommended buying F10 veterinary disinfectant which also kills fungus, and is safer than diluted bleach. She said I could disinfect his logs with it.
Just sharing in case anyone else is going through this too. His tank has tons of decor in it so I have to figure out a new set up that’s easier to disinfect.

Also, I asked if the yellow fungus had anything to do with that sperm plug removal fiasco, or due to an injury. She said no, that he was most likely exposed to it as a baby from the breeder, and that it was dormant inside him until now. So.. I’m sure there’s truth to that, but I think that vet did injure him as well. So it’s just odd how this came together. Perhaps the injury triggered this in some way, or the skin was too soft and susceptible somehow. Or it was there all along and just became exposed when he removed the skin. I have no idea.
But anyways thanks everyone for your help and support, Will update as things go along. Hopefully I can keep him around and keep this yellow fungus at bay. I’m hopeful since it’s still a small patch.

Please do keep us updated, I dunno if it can be cured, but hopefully it can be controlled.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Just a quick question here. How did the vet confirm Yellow Fungus, did they do a skin scraping &
send it to the lab, or just eye it to determine the analysis?
The pores look a bit irritated so don't try to mess with them at all other than putting some raw honey
or silver gel/cream on the areas to ward off infection.
Is he eating well?

Tracie

 

[Mowgli1394]

Hello,

Just a quick question here. How did the vet confirm Yellow Fungus, did they do a skin scraping &
send it to the lab, or just eye it to determine the analysis?
The pores look a bit irritated so don't try to mess with them at all other than putting some raw honey
or silver gel/cream on the areas to ward off infection.
Is he eating well?

Tracie

Hello Again well I have another update for everyone..
although the vet didn’t actually test a scraping, I do believe it was yellow fungus because it ended up spreading quite rapidly, turned into thick yellow patches and none of the treatments were working. I tried very hard to keep everything sanitized, applying terbinafine, and we switched to the voriconazole. It just kept spreading anyways.
Also his pores were looking much better after that last pic I posted and the vet said they’d be ok.
So.. besides all of this, over the last week mowgli suddenly went south very quickly… I tried desperately to save him. We went to an emergency vet where they determined he actually had a stomach tumor on top of everything else. Since the medications weren’t working and the yellow fungus was spreading, and now this horrible tumor causing him pain, we decided euthanasia was the most humane thing to do. I’m totally devastated as he was so young and didn’t deserve to go through all this. But relieved he is pain free now.
Thanks everyone for your help with this, wish I had better news

 

[Sue E.]

So sorry for your loss of your little Mowgli! It was very kind of you to ease his suffering and let him cross over pain free.

 

[xp29]

Hello Again well I have another update for everyone..
although the vet didn’t actually test a scraping, I do believe it was yellow fungus because it ended up spreading quite rapidly, turned into thick yellow patches and none of the treatments were working. I tried very hard to keep everything sanitized, applying terbinafine, and we switched to the voriconazole. It just kept spreading anyways.
Also his pores were looking much better after that last pic I posted and the vet said they’d be ok.
So.. besides all of this, over the last week mowgli suddenly went south very quickly… I tried desperately to save him. We went to an emergency vet where they determined he actually had a stomach tumor on top of everything else. Since the medications weren’t working and the yellow fungus was spreading, and now this horrible tumor causing him pain, we decided euthanasia was the most humane thing to do. I’m totally devastated as he was so young and didn’t deserve to go through all this. But relieved he is pain free now.
Thanks everyone for your help with this, wish I had better news

Oh no that's horrible I'm so sorry for you both

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Oh no, I am so sorry to hear that you lost Mowgli, how absolutely devastating for you. That is so sad. I
don't understand how things can go so badly so fast sometimes. It is the worst feeling in the world to lose
them like that.
I am so sorry for your loss.

Tracie